He handed the creature to a specialists at Anglesey Sea Zoo where it stands out among other dark living lobsters.

Lobsters are usually a dark brown-green in the sea before turning red when they are cooked.

Tristan, 38, who runs The Lobster Pot seafood merchants on Anglesey, North Wales, said: "As soon as I saw this amazing female in the lobster catch, she stood out from all the other lobsters, and I knew she was unique and I had to save her from the pot.

"In all the years I have been working in sustainable lobster fisheries, this is the first time I have seen a bright orange individual like this one."

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The lobster is now being monitored by specialists at Anglesey Sea Zoo, where experts wonder what colour her offspring will be.

Frankie Hobro, owner and director at the zoo, said: "This is an incredibly exciting addition to our ongoing captive breeding and conservation programme in the Lobster Hatchery of Wales, and for research into the Common Lobster, particularly as this individual is a female carrying eggs.

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The orange lobster pictured with a normal dark-green blue lobsterCredit: Wales News Service

"We are eagerly anticipating the release of her larvae to see if they are also as orange as the female, and to see as the juveniles develop and grow, if any of them are bright orange.

"The rare orange female is on display here at the Sea Zoo in the Lobster Hatchery of Wales, and we are delighted to be able to show our visitors this incredibly rare animal."

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